USS Enterprise (eventually) on Discovery?

[shapeshifter]

My initial reaction was - Hell yes - it isn't hideous! With some time to examine the footage we were given my updated opinion is I only have one little niggle about it, the pylons. They just don't click well with me as part of the overall package.

Not a deal-breaker though, and I am not going to become a nag about it, bitching at every opportunity - and who knows, maybe we'll see future views which really make it work for me.

 

[cooleddie74]

The pylons are the only part I openly don't like (though I get the feeling the trapezoidal bridge window won't sit well with me, either, but at least that's a future spasm of Nerdrage and not an immediate concern). The impulse deck doesn't bother me at all, really, because the TOS Enterprise had no fewer than three different impulse engine configurations over the course of 80 episodes and I imagine impulse engines can even be modular in design depending on the class of ship, with one deck easily sliding out of the primary hull and being replaced by a new one that then locks into place with existing power systems and onboard circuitry. This impluse deck is at some point replaced by the one seen in "Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS)."

 

[TrickyDickie]

I don't know who came up with this, but I want a model kit! :

 

[Fandango831]

Neat little ortho with the DSC and TOS variants. Credit to CommodoreMJFire on Deviant.
7547f5945ec1b678d6e980dfc5bf8797-dc5ejlh by Jason Soto, on Flickr

 

[Tuskin38]

He also made a hybrid of the two

https://commodoremjfire.deviantart.com/art/ST-Discovery-Constitution-Class-and-poss-Refit-734670773

I just noticed something, they kept the black squares or whatever they are on the inside of the pylons

 

[cooleddie74]

Good. Every little bit helps with making the revamped look work.

 

[TrickyDickie]

That side-by-side makes the new shorter neck seem just fine.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I don't know who came up with this, but I want a model kit! :

Looks like something from a Star Wars prequel.

 

[Prax]

Neat little ortho with the DSC and TOS variants. Credit to CommodoreMJFire on Deviant.
7547f5945ec1b678d6e980dfc5bf8797-dc5ejlh by Jason Soto, on Flickr

At a glance, they look nearly identical. The new one has more flare, and probably a deck or 2 less

 

[TrickyDickie]

Looks like something from a Star Wars prequel.

 

[fireproof78]

Looks like something from a Star Wars prequel.

Nothing wrong with that.

 

[CaptainMurdock]

The hybrid of the TOS and DSC Enterprise may just be my new favorite version of the connie.

 

[Lord Garth FOI]

At a glance, they look nearly identical. The new one has more flare, and probably a deck or 2 less

Won’t have less decks if it’s 700 m long

 

[Tuskin38]

I don't think it's going to be much bigger.

 

[Gonzo]

Won’t have less decks if it’s 700 m long

I don't think it's going to be much bigger.

The new Enterprise we saw at the end of the finale does look bigger than the original, but it doesn't look anything like 700m.

I would say 350 - 450m at the absolute most, that would make it anywhere up to 50% larger than the original, it really doesn't look like it can be any bigger from the footage we saw.

If it is bigger that's fine by me but it doesn't look it.

They may just stick to shots with the Enterprise in the foreground like we saw in the finale which made the Enterprise look larger than it is, cant see them doing it all the time though.

 

[F. King Daniel]

They'll probably just make it whatever size looks best in the shot like they usually do. See: The megasized Bird of Prey in Next Gen

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

He also made a hybrid of the two

https://commodoremjfire.deviantart.com/art/ST-Discovery-Constitution-Class-and-poss-Refit-734670773

I just noticed something, they kept the black squares or whatever they are on the inside of the pylons

I'd always thought those were heat dissipation grilles or something similar. The FJ blueprints claim they're "deflector shield grids".

Certainly there are similar looking grilles on the refit and other later classes.

 

[Gonzo]

They'll probably just make it whatever size looks best in the shot like they usually do. See: The megasized Bird of Prey in Next Gen

Yeah but that was a K'Vort class which is actually much bigger than the usual B'Rel class we normally saw in the films.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Yeah but that was a K'Vort class which is actually much bigger than the usual B'Rel class we normally saw in the films.

I'm pretty sure that's an after-the-point justification made up for the Star Trek Encylopedia. I'm pretty sure the relative sizes of the BoP and movie Enterprise/Enterprise-D are the same.

I mean, what sense does it make to scale up a ship with every last detail and greeble enlarged?

 

[Gonzo]

I'm pretty sure that's an after-the-point justification made up for the Star Trek Encylopedia. I'm pretty sure the relative sizes of the BoP and movie Enterprise/Enterprise-D are the same.

I mean, what sense does it make to scale up a ship with every last detail and greeble enlarged?

I didn't know sense played any part of it all.